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Re: Keyboard

What about using a regular external Apple ][ GS keyboard ?

Wayne Stewart wrote:

> So I ended up with another tower PC today. My first plan was to pull
> the memory chips and anything else useful and chuck the rest like I
> usually do. Now I�m thinking it�s maybe time to towerize an Apple II.
>
> I�m tempted by a II+ tower as I have an external keyboard  and it
> would eliminate all those wires coming out the back. However I�d
> like to do a IIe tower. Major problem would be the keyboard. I could
> of course just cut the top off the keyboard area of a platinum IIe
> and screw that onto a case or possibly fit the keyboard into one of
> the larger non-extended Mac keyboard cases, though I�d likely have
> to cut the keyboard in half and do some wiring since the Mac numeric
> keypad is spaced further apart.
>
> Not knowing zip about PCs I was hoping someone might know of some
> type of PC keyboard that might be rewired to work with a IIE.
> Keyboard ideas?